Week 1: Exponent Review

Monday, August 22nd (Review: Exponents) (Course 3/Chapter 4/Section 1/pg 162)

To Dos:
  1. Warmup: Is there a simpler expression for the sum of 5 + 5 + 5 + 5, if you're not sure just simply solve it
  2. Review Warmup; Just as repeated addition can be simplified by multiplication, repeated multiplication can be simplified using exponents
  3. FS = Can someone come up to the board and give me an example of a number in exponential form? (1 volunteer)
  4. What is this number called? (base)
  5. What is this number called? (exponent)
  6. How do you read it?
  7. Can you solve it?
  8. Can four more folks come up to the board and give me an example of an exponent?...and solve it?
  9. Real Life: If you say my room is 8 foot by 8 foot, what does that mean?
  10. Workbook: Do pg 24, #1, #5, #6 and #17 independently, then together as a class
  11. Take out assignment notebooks and HWPWs

POTENTIAL HOMEWORK: pg 24; 2, 3, 7, 8, 18

Tuesday, August 23rd (Review: Integer Exponents, Part I)

To Dos:
  1. Warmup: 1. Word up the following expression, 2. Identify the base and the exponent, 3. Solve: 5^3
  2. Review Warmup
  3. In your notebooks, set up 10^3
  4. By yourself, what by what by what (second line)
  5. Four volunteers
  6. By yourself, what is the answer? (third line)
  7. Four volunteers
  8. In your notebooks, set up the 10 chart
  9. Work through the 10 chart
  10. Workbook: Do pg 25, #2, #4 independently, then together as a class
  11. Take out assignment notebooks

POTENTIAL HOMEWORK: pg 25, 1, 6

Wednesday, August 24th (Integer Exponents, Part II)

To Dos:
  1. Warmup: 1. Word up the following expression, 2. Identify the base and the exponent, 3. Explain it, 4. Solve: 10^-6
  2. Review Warmup
  3. In your notebooks, set up -2^-3
  4. Does anyone know what Step 1 is?
  5. Does anyone know what Step 2 is?
  6. Solve it
  7. Workbook: Do pg 25, #9, independently, then together as a class (3 PARTS)

POTENTIAL HOMEWORK: pg 25, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

Thursday, August 25th (Properties of Exponents)

To Dos:
  1. Warmup: 1. Word up the following expression, 2. Identify the base and the exponent, 3. Explain, 4. Solve: 3^-5
  2. Review Warmup
  3. In your notebooks, set up three columns
  4. Review example A
  5. Review example B
  6. Review example C
  7. Workbook: Do pg 26, #1, #2, #9, #17, #18 independently, then together as a class

POTENTIAL HOMEWORK: pg 26; 5, 6, 13, 21, 22

Friday, August 26th

  1. Quiz